Recycled Jewelry made from E-Waste

Artist Marcele Godoy is a Chilean graduate student studying here in the U.S., and he was appalled at the e-waste that was all around him:

Since I live in USA, I am surprised by how quickly multiple objects are considered garbage and you can easily find them on the streets every day. I have collected objects many times to reuse them in projects or for personal use. This is because they are generally discarded for a better, a nicer or a newer one, and not because its useful life is over.

Godoy decided that he wasn’t going to get mad – he’d get crafty! He created a line of recycled jewelry using e-waste that otherwise would have been landfill-bound. He says:

I started this project trying to find a new use for these items, rescuing and transforming many of them into an object that can be used in our daily life with a new meaning, now as an ornament and not as a secondary element.

The jewelry is not available for sale, as far as I can tell. Godoy calls it a “personal project,” and I love how it calls attention to the functionality of something that would otherwise go straight into the trash. He has a lovely slide show on his website showcasing the recycled jewelry that he created, though, and if you’re familiar with jewelry-making, it looks like something that you could recreate with basic wire-wrapping techniques just based on this beautiful photos.

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Becky Striepe My name is Becky Striepe (rhymes with “sleepy”), and I am a crafts and food writer from Atlanta, Georgia with a passion for making our planet a healthier, happier, and more compassionate place to live. My mission is to make vegan food and crafts accessible to everyone!. If you like my work, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.

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